“A church body needs its members to deliberately and consciously stay connected, to circulated life, to support one another.”
— Barnabas Piper, Belong: Loving Your Church by Reflecting Christ to One Another🔗
“The mere presence of institutional elements (rules, resources, hierarchies) within a church does not necessarily imply institutionalism, any more than law implies legalism, or dogma implies dogmatism”
— Jonathan Leeman, The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love🔗